frontal bone en · NOUN
Meanings
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The bone which forms the front part of the skull and the upper part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity.
The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Either of the pair of bones from which the frontal bone is formed by fusion in infancy.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frontal | alternative | lexicographic | |
| frontal bones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (19)
cmn 額骨 /额骨 (bone of the forehead) · es hueso frontal (bone of the forehead) · pt frontal (bone of the forehead) · de Stirnbein (bone of the forehead) · eo fruntalo (bone of the forehead) · ca os frontal (bone of the forehead) · ca frontal (bone of the forehead) · pl kość czołowa (bone of the forehead) · fr os frontal (bone of the forehead) · fi otsaluu (bone of the forehead) · es frontal (bone of the forehead) · hu homlokcsont (bone of the forehead) · sk čelová kosť (bone of the forehead) · ko 이마뼈 (bone of the forehead) · tl butong-noo (bone of the forehead) · et otsmikuluu (bone of the forehead) · vi xương trán (bone of the forehead) · cs čelní kost (bone of the forehead) · ru ло́бная кость (bone of the forehead)